Menorca: Where to Eat and What to Do

Sept. 7, 2010 - PRLog -- Menorca has long since been a sun-drenched haven for tourists throughout Europe. Retaining its sunshine for 300 days of the year, it is a safe destination for those who may have been short changed by their home country's brief summer.

The Balearics remain popular all summer, attracting tourists from all over Europe. Ibiza is known for its vibrant night life, and also its natural beauty. While Menorca is known for its beaches and those stretching evenings spent by pools in Menorca villas.

The beaches stretch out with endless bodies basking under a hot Mediterranean sun, while bars bustle fizzing with energy and atmosphere. As with nearly all destinations in Spain they offer a great variety of local cuisine, prepared in a unique and distinctive way. Here are some suggestions for place to eat and things to do on your holiday in Menorca:

Peurto de Mao: Restaurante Marivent
This is one of the finest restaurants in Puerto de Mao, famous throughout the city for its take on Spanish cuisine. There is a first floor dining room, which has a beautiful panoramic view of the town, though it is the food that is most likely to be what leaves the lasting impression, the cooking here remains unsurpassed within the town.

Es Mercadel
Es Mercadel has developed a reputation as a great location for genuine Menorcan cuisine. Restaurante Las Vegas is a very nice little spot that offers good dishes at a very reasonable price. Meanwhile its sister establishment in the town, which offers three course meals for an unbeatable ten Euros.

Ciutadella
Just off Cituadella there is a highly recommended restaurant conversion, Ses Truqueries. A converted farmhouse, this restaurant offers some very passionate and good cuisine.

Es Grau
The Cand'es Grau is a simple but peerless fish restaurant in this town. The quality of the food here is impeccable and the prices are even more notable. Here they make great use of the plancha, for griddling the fish to perfection.

Other things to do
Menorca is home to a great winery producing many great variations of red wine. Take a trip up to Binifadet, to take in a tour of the wine making process and for a sampling of the wares available. Alternatively you could head up to Mallorca to learn about the Island's diverse ecology at Menorca's green HQ Centre de La Natura in Ferreras.

For food markets head in to Mao for a great selection of delicacies in a great setting. The market in Mao offers a great many number of delicacies, such as capers and cheeses and spirits, all housed rather evocatively in a converted church.

You should also visit at least one of Menorca's megalithic sites: The Talati de Dalt near Malo is a spectacular sight to behold, with its spectacular Talua, this is definitely a sight well worth seeing if you are in Menorca. The Nevata Des Taulons not far from Cituadella is a wonderfully mysterious shape resembling and upturned boat in, stranded on land.


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